Local coffee franchise Ediya Coffee has signed an agreement with the government to help support a campaign aimed at improving youth employment conditions, the company said last week.

“We hope this will be a chance for us to further work toward protecting the rights of employed youths and help them work in a better environment,” said Sung Jung-hun, head of communications at Ediya Coffee.

The Youth Employment Protection Campaign was launched in 2010 to help companies step up efforts to protect young workers.

As a part of the pledge, Ediya Coffee said it would uphold all related youth labor laws and also work to protect the rights of young people who have joined the workforce.

(jemmie@heraldcorp.com)